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Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy THE United States government’s recent report on the role of the government in the proliferation of corruption in Nigeria offers a fresh and undeniable insight into why graft is so deeply entrenched in the Nigerian system. If the government that should stamp out corruption is now actively protecting […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Top Stories
Monday, March 17th, 2014

Paradang and Moro President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday queried the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro; and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr. David Paradang, over the loss of 18 lives during the NIS recruitment on Saturday. The 18 died during stampedes at the venues of the NIS recruitment in different parts […]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2014

About 18 job seekers died and many were injured on Saturday during a nationwide recruitment test conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service. The applicants reportedly paid the sum of N1,000 as application fee. Millions of job seekers had thronged venues of the exercise, mostly stadia, for the exercise. Seven were confirmed dead after a stampede […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, March 13th, 2014

ABUJA (AFP) – Nigeria on Thursday protested the “merciless beating” of one its nationals by South African police and demanded that the perpetrators be punished. Amateur video footage of two armed uniformed policemen and private guards punching and kicking a man on a Cape Town street went viral last week. The alleged victim has been […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, March 12th, 2014

Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam | credits: http://liveofofo.com Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam narrowly escaped death on Tuesday when his convoy was attacked by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Suswam’s convoy was on its way to Gbajimba in Guma Local Government Area of the state when the incident occurred. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, […]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2014

By Sadiq Abacha | NNP | March 9, 2014 – If you want to think, speak and act logically then you should know all three. 1. The law of identity 2. The law of excluded middle 3. The law of non-contradiction. Now let’s look at each one of these and see what they mean in […]
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Friday, March 7th, 2014

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: blogs.cfr.org The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has explained how the Olusegun Obasanjo administration spent the loot recovered from the late maxiumn dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. She said that contrary to reports that the sum of $2bn was recovered from Abacha’s loot, only $500m was […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2014

President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote Foremost Nigerian industrialist, Aliko Dangote, on Monday made history by becoming the first black man to break into the rank of top 25 richest people in the world. His wealth jumped to $25bn from $16.1bn in 2013, according to Forbes magazine’s list of […]
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Saturday, March 1st, 2014

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said he rejected the centenary award to be conferred on him by the Federal Government because the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, was included in the list of awardees. In a statement entitled, ‘The canonisation of terror,’ Soyinka said it was an […]
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American Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Thursday, February 27th, 2014

I read with utter dismay a scathing story, “Dallas area home to huge health care frauds,” by Mr. Jim Landers in The Dallas Morning News on February 15, 2014, where he labeled Nigerians (by inference) criminals-an insidious generalization. The story, written in a pernicious spirit with veiled parallels to organized crime and other sinister characterizations […]